source: networking/textweb/links.xml@ 9b05403

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY links-download-http "http://links.twibright.com/download/links-&links-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY links-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY links-md5sum        "f60b87ffee090c5d6820951eba710572">
  <!ENTITY links-size          "6.2 MB">
  <!ENTITY links-buildsize     "35 MB">
  <!ENTITY links-time          "0.2 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="Links" xreflabel="Links-&links-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="links.html"?>


  <title>Links-&links-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="Links">
    <primary sortas="a-Links">Links</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Links</title>

    <para>
      <application>Links</application> is a text and graphics mode
      WWW browser. It includes support for rendering
      tables and frames, features background downloads, can display colors
      and has many other features.
    </para>

    &lfs121_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&links-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&links-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &links-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &links-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &links-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &links-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Links Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="libevent"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      Graphics mode requires at least one of
      <xref linkend="gpm"/> (mouse support to be used with a framebuffer-based
      console),
      <ulink url="https://www.svgalib.org/">SVGAlib</ulink>,
      <ulink url="https://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/directfb/">
        DirectFB
      </ulink>, and
      <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>
    </para>

    <para role="optional">
      For decoding various image formats <application>Links</application>
      can utilize
      <xref linkend="libavif"/>,
      <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
      <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
      <xref linkend="librsvg"/>, and
      <xref linkend="libtiff"/>
    </para>

    <para role="optional">
      For decompressing web pages that are compressed with Brotli,
      <application>Links</application> can utilize
      <xref linkend="brotli"/>
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Links</title>

    <para>
      First, force <command>configure</command> to recognize gcc-14:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>sed -i '/cc_works=no/ s/no/yes/' configure</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      Install <application>Links</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a test suite.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role='root'><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/links-&links-version; &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 doc/links_cal/* KEYS BRAILLE_HOWTO \
    /usr/share/doc/links-&links-version;</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <option>--enable-graphics</option>: This switch enables support
      for graphics mode.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring Links</title>

    <sect3 id="links-config">
      <title>Config Files</title>

      <para>
        <filename>~/.links/*</filename>
      </para>

      <indexterm zone="Links links-config">
        <primary sortas="e-AA.links/*">~/.links/*</primary>
      </indexterm>

    </sect3>

    <sect3>
      <title>Configuration Information</title>

      <para>
        <application>Links</application> stores its configuration in per-user
        files in the <filename class="directory">~/.links</filename> directory.
        These files are created automatically when <command>links</command> is
        run for the first time.
      </para>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>links</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>/usr/share/doc/links-&links-version;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="links">
        <term><command>links</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a text and graphics mode WWW browser
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="Links links">
            <primary sortas="b-links">links</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>